“After a thorough review of the evidence, there is insufficient evidence to prove criminal conduct beyond a reasonable doubt,” Gottlieb said.

Lawyer Jack O’Connell, said Almonte was actually a victim.

“He wasn’t a gang member,” O’Connell said. “He was never a gang member. He didn’t know anything was going to happen. He thought he was attending a party and he tried to intercede at one point. That’s when he became a victim.”

The lawyer refused to say what Almonte endured but he said prosecutors would have to decide whether to add charges based on what happened to the teen.

The mothers, sisters and girlfriends of shook and sobbed as they learned the boys would walk out of Bronx Supreme Court within hours.

Cepeda’s mother, who refused to give her first name, said in Spanish that she was happy.

“I couldn’t eat,” she said. “I couldn’t sleep. I’m very content now.”

Cepeda’s lawyer refused to respond when asked if Cepeda was attacked during the

Caraballo’s lawyer, Paul Horowitz, said the charges were “obviously very serious.”

“This has done a lot of psychic damage to him,” Horowitz said. “I imagine he will get back to school and try to lead a productive life.”